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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Summary: Have no idea of importing WX500 XAVC S to DaVinci Resolve Lite for advanced editing? This post intends to elaborate how to convert XAVC S to Avid DNxHD for working in DaVinci Resolve Lite with optimal performance.

Q1: Why our users love Sony WX500 camera so much?Like the HX90, the WX500 is designed to meet the requirements of novice photographers and offers a collection of automatic shooting options, but there are also exposure modes to suit more experienced photographers: shutter priority, aperture priority and manual. Videos, however, can be shot in Full-HD at 8 bit and 4:2:0 at up to 50Mbps in AVCHD, MP4 or the new XAVC S format at 50/60p.

Q2: Causes of XAVC S files cannot be suitable for DaVinci Resolve Lite?Granted, DaVinci Resolve Lite can handle (usually) 4K XAVC S files without much problem, but it is extremely hardware intensive. Thankfully you probably don’t have to buy a new computer, but you do need to convert XAVC S to DaVinci Resolve Lite using Avid DNxHD as primary delivery format. As same as the issues appeared in other NLEs like FCP, or iMovie/FCE, so let’s find the solutions below.

Q3: Any good professional converting tools can offered to us?For me, of course, I don’t like convert my source videos, because the quality loss (even you can’t tell from your eyes), but if you have been driven crazy by this problem, then you may like to have a try. What I’ve tried is to convert XAVC S to Avid DNxHD for DaVinci Resolve Lite with the help of Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac. For Windows users, Pavtube HD Video Converter is the alternative choice. Since Mac version has upgraded to 4.8.5.1, it can also encode/decode H.265/HEVC videos so nicely.

Step-by-step on how to import Sony WX500 XAVC S to DaVinci Resolve Lite for editing:

Step 1: Download, install and launch the smart Mac HD Video Converter. Click “Add video” or “Add from folder” button to load XAVC S clips from Sony WX500 to the program. You can also directly drag the files to the main interface.

Step 2: Here, you need to choose what you want the output to be. Click “Format” drop-down list, and then select “Avid Media Composer>>Avid DNxHD (*.mov)” as output format for editing in DaVinci Resolve Lite.

Step 3: It’s optional to edit video files before converting. If you want to do some edit work, just hit the clip first, and then click “Edit selected task” button. As it’s shown to us, the edit function is sufficient for you to make your videos wonderful.

Step 4: Now everything has been settled, and don’t forget to set the file location. Click “Convert” button to start the conversion work and click “Open” when you finish your conversion to check your converted files.

Conclusion: Video and audio qualities are both guaranteed by this WX500 XAVC S converter. When the conversion is finished, you can import converted videos to DaVinci Resolve Lite and edit smoothly.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Pavtube launched 40% OFF Halloween Promotion from October 21 to November 6, 2015 when users can get top Video/DVD/BD Converter for Win/Mac with the least money. pavtube halloween promotion,halloween special offer, halloween sale 2015

Halloween is coming. To give you a better Halloween celebration, Pavtube holds 40% off Halloween promotion from October 21 to November 6, 2015. During the period, you can get the professional Blu-ray/DVD Ripper and Video Converter for Win/Mac with less money than any other campaign.

During Halloween, many people will not just watch Halloween movies but make Halloween videos by themselves. No matter Halloween movies enjoyment or Halloween video production, you probably need a video converter. For example, when you want to play your Blu-ray/DVD Halloween disc on your iPad Pro, Surface Pro 3, you can rip the disc to the device supported format with Pavtube BDMagic or Pavtube DVAid. Another case, you record the Halloween party scene and you are about to upload the camcorder video to Facebook to show your cool dressup, you’d better choose to transcode the camera video to Facebook or Vimeo accepted video with Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. No matter what situations about video editing and producing, you can find the software you want at Pavtube Studio.

Pavtube product is closed-source, not like Handbrake. But it deserves to pay for its life-long technical support and update in time to compatible with any Win/Mac system upgrade. Catch this opportunity and enjoy the best video production experience with the least money.

The price comparison of Pavtube featured products between Halloween price and original price is as below:

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Original price $65, Now $52

Pavtube BDMagic: Original price $49, Now $34.3

Pavtube DVDAid: Original price $35, Now $21

Pavtube ByteCopy: Original price $42, Now $33.6

Note: This attractive price will only be get until November 6, 2015. Please bear in mind all software programs will go back to original prices once the Halloween special offer 2015 ends.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Festivals are always the best opportunities to purchase the goods you were not willing to buy or had no ability to afford in the past days. 2015 Halloween is coming. Are you ready to open your wallet? To make your Halloween celebration even greater, Pavtube Studio has prepared a great Halloween Promotion – we are offering you a generous 40% Discount on our Blu-ray & DVD Softwares (Windows 10 and El Capitan supported).

Since Pavtube Studio offers many kinds of Blu-ray/DVD/Video softwares that you possibly don't know which one to choose, I can make a brief introduction and a recommendation to you.

Recommendation 1: If you often do video conversion process, you can take Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac into consideration. It can accept any Halloween movie source, like Blu-ray/DVD disc and 4K/SD/HD online/local video in any format and transform them to nearly any popular video format you have ever seen.

Recommendation 2: For those who have plenty of Blu-ray discs, Pavtube BDMagic and Pavtube BDMagic for Mac will be the best choice. They are cheaper than the recommendation one but supply the same effect on Blu-ray/DVD Halloween movies.

Recommendation 3: DVD owners who just need to rip and backup DVD disc or copy DVD folder, DVD ISO/IFO can focus on Pavtube DVDAid and Pavtube DVDAid for Mac. It only can deal with DVD movies but it is the cheapest item.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

‘As a professional camcorder shooter, I’m going to edit some XAVC recoridngs from Sony XDCAM PXW-X180, ‘unknown errors’ happened when I import my XAVC to FCP X for editing. Should I need to convert the XAVC to ProRes MOV as we all know? ‘ Follow the questions mentioned above, we are going to solve the issues taht how to easily edit XAVC in FCP without trouble.

As one of the best editing tools on Mac, FCP indeed has the good ability of editing all video and audio parameters. With the best formats FCP supported, in order to import the Sony PXW-180 XVAC footage to FCP X, why not try to transcode your XAVC to ProRes MOV with a professional XAVC encoder/decoder? Let’s get more details below.

Then what is the best Sony XDCAM Converter to deal with my XAVC/MXF codec? I searched on the web and find an easy-to-use yet professional software called PavtubeHD Video Converter for Mac, which offers the best way to edit Sony XDCAM PXW-X180 video in FCP X smoothly by effortlessly and flawlessly transcoding XAVC/MXF footage to FCP native ProRes MOV format. It is safe to install and easy to use. Below will show you Sony XDCAM PXW-X180 XAVC/MXF importing and editing workflow in FCP X in details.

1. Before you try to do the conversion, if you are also a FCP X user, please make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.

2. You can click “Settings” button in the main interface to customize the output video’s parameters, such as resolution, frame rate, etc.

3. If you want to edit Sony XAVC/MXF video in iMovie, you just need to choose the “iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)” in the second step.

In collusion, XDCAM Professional users can use Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac in Part II to ingest material into Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro X, it will help save the rending time. It will also help you easily edit Sony HD Video recordings in iMovie/FCE, Avid, Premiere Pro for editing.

Monday, October 19, 2015

Compare to the previous generations of Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, there are many new welcome features in 10.11 El Capitan. Fortunately, Mac users are able to upgrade to the new El Capitan for free or easily partition Mac to install both El Capitan and Yosemite for conveniently switching one to another. Following article will make a detailed comparison of El Capitan and Yostemite in many mayor aspects.

Apps in El Capitan will load apps up to 1.4 times faster and switching between apps will be twice as fast. Compare that to Yosemite: since its introduction many Mac users have been painfully aware of lags and slowdowns, such as stuttering animations and network connectivity issues. We experienced nothing like this in El Capitan.

Look and feel in El Capitan vs Yosemite

OS X El Capitan's user interface use a variation of the San Francisco font that was introduced with the Apple Watch and also features the iOS 9. San Franciso is much more Retina-friendly compared to Yosemite's use of Helvetica Neue.

Force Touch trackpad support was introduced with Yosemite and in El Capitan there's additional setting within the Trackpad pane of System Preferences to deactivate the click noise. Referred to as Slient Clicking, this somehow doesn't compromise the degree of feedback, which is still handled via the Click slider.

The El Capitan bar can now autohide via a setting in the General pane of System Preferences, in the same way that the Dock can dive out of the bottom of the screen in Yostemite and earlier releases of OS X. If you've used Full Screen mode in Yosemite then you'll already have experienced this feature but now it can be used all the time to gain a precious few centimeters of desktop space.

Core tools in El Capitan vs Yosemite

Safari: The new Safari on Mac OS X El Capitan is the perfect browser tool for your Mac device. The New Safari allows you to Pin your favorite websites, thus you can keep them opened, likewise you can mute audios without checking the tab from which the sound is coming from. The Develop menu of Safari, accessible via the Advanced pane within Safari's Preferences, now features a cool Responsive Design mode that lets you switch the web page to dimensions used on various Apple devices.

Mail: As with Safari, feature additions in Mail within El Capitan are subtle compared to Yosemite. With the new Swipe gesture and improved full screen support, you can now optimize the way you read or manage your mails better on Mac OS X El Capitan - you can use this feature as a quick correspondence handler, and also manage your contacts and calendar much better from your inbox. With one swipe, you can mark an email as read or unread.

Notes: Notes in El Capitan is essentially a whole new app compared to Yosemite, featuring more control over text formatting. The app is also now a share destination from within other apps, so you can send a map location straight to a new note, for example, or even a file from Finder/the desktop. The Reminders app can also receive items in this way via its own new entry on the share menu. To gain access to the new notes features, make sure upgrade your Notes iCloud database when you first run Notes on El Capitan, but doing so also makes your existing notes instantly incompatible with earlier versions of Apple's operating system.

Maps: The enhanced Maps available on Mac OS X El Capitan provides maximum public transit information you can ever ask for, thus you will never miss your way even in a big city. You will have access to in-built public transport maps, directions and schedules. With El Capitan, you can easily plan your route with just few clicks.

System tools in El Capitan vs Yosemite

Spotlight: The new Spotlight window introduced in Yosemite can be moved around in El Capitan by clicking and dragging. It can also be resized to show more than a handful of results. Spotlight in El Capitan can also respond to Siri-like queries, such as "photo from last November in Germany".

Mission control: El Capitan also comes with a full screen tweaks and mission control features. The mission control displays the names of existing apps at the top of the screen page, and this has replaced the thumbnail feature on the Yosemite.

Disk Utility: Disk Utility has been given a visual overhaul compared to Yosemite and now features a bar graph showing how full a partition is, and what kind of files are taking up the space.

Disk Ultility: The Disk Utility has been given a visual overhaul compared to Yosemite and now features a bar graph showing how full a partition is and what kind of files are taking up the space. Disk repartitioning within Disk Utility is now handled via a more common sense pie chart representing the entire disk, with a handle on its border that can be dragged to resize individual partitions.

Mac users who have upgraded to the new Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan may encounter with some video playing and editing issues since many video players or editing applications have not updated themselves with perfect support for this new OS. With Pavtube recently upgraded Mac products, you will get no problems to copy/backup 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVDdisc, convert and edit virtually any SD/HD/2K/4K video and audio formats on Mac OS X El Capitan. More Mac OS X El Capitan related articles are as below:

Are you looking for a best Sony MXF Converter for converting PXW-X70 XAVC MXF to other formats like MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, SWF on Windows 8.1/8? This article will show you easy-to-use software and tell you how to do it.

However, this format is not supported by many media players and video editing applications pre-installed on your computer. To conveniently turn Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF to MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, SWF for using on Windows 8.1/8, you need a wonderful MXF Converter to transcode MXF clips to a more compatible and popular format.

What do you need? Here, Pavtube Video Converter is the ideal tool to do the actual work which can help you change Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF to MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, SWF and other formats with fast speed for convenient using in excellent output video quality. What’s more? It provides flexible editing functions, like cutting off the unnecessary part, adding watermarks including text, image and video, adding special effect and so on. Now just download it and follow the steps below to finish the conversion.

Step 1: Download, install and launch the best MXF Video Converter. Drag and drop or click “Add video” to load MXF files from Sony PXW-X70 into the program you want to convert. You can add more than one file at a time.

Step 2: In the drop down list menu of “Format”, please select the output video format you want to get. For instance, if you want to turn Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF to MOV, you can choose “Common Video>>MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)” as output format.

Step 3: When all the settings are OK, you can click the “Convert” button on the main interface to start converting Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF footage to MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, SWF and other formats you want to convert to for using on Windows 8.1/8.

Conclusion: After the conversion, you can make full use of these converted MXF files for entertainment on Windows8.1/8. There is also Mac Video Converter for Mac users. Get what you want and have fun!

Further Reading:

Encode H.265/HEVC Videos on Windows 8.1/8/7/XP: You said you shot some 4K recordings encoded by H.265/HEVC? How could you watch or edit them on other devices and players? What is H.265 and how does it differ from the former codec H.264? This article is written around these questions.

Ingest Panasonic HX-A500 4K Videos to FCP X: This is a guide on how to easily ingest our Panasonic HX-A500 4K videos to Final Cut Pro X for further editing for those Panasonic lovers. From 4K videos to the most suitable ProRes for FCP X, do you wanna know how could we make it work?

Top 5 Best HD Video Converter for Mac: What is the best HD video converter for Mac OS X Yosemite and Mavericks? How to choose the right and best HD video converter for Mac? What are the good qualities that the best HD video converter for Mac shall possess? Here you’re introduced with top 5 best Mac HD video converters, helping you get the most trustworthy HD video converter for Mac OS X Yosemite and Mavericks.

Handbrake is a open source video transcoder, which is wildly used by Mac OS users. It supports to transcode video and audio from nearly any format to MP4, MKV, AVI on iMac abd MacBook. With Handbrake, you can convert Videos, DVD, Blu-ray on Mac OS X for viewing on your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch easily.

Following with this detailed HandBrake Mac Tutorial, you will learn how to rip DVD, Blu-ray and transcode videos on Mac OS X with Handbrake.

Note: Here, we can see that HandBrake for Mac OS X 10.6-10.10 is for 64 bit Intel.

Step 2: Load source video to HandBrake and set Destination and Output

Click the “Source” button on the main interface to add video, DVD or decrypted Blu-ray to the program. In the Destination section you can set the output folder by clicking Browse button. One thing you need to decide is what format (MP4, MKV, AVI, OGM) Output setting section also has 3 options you can choose: Large File Size, Web optimized and iPod 5G support.

Note: Handbrake supports to input multiple file formats, but it can only convert them one by one, if you want to transcode many videos, please make sure you have enough time to do it.

Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings

You can adjust video filter, video, audio subtitles, chapters, etc to make the output videos more suitable. You should pay attention that when you select the birate, the higher bitrate you choose, the bigger size the output file will be, and the better quality you will get.

Step 4: Start to convert video with Handbrake on Mac OS X

Click on the Start button on the left top of Mac version HandBrake. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your Mac computer and which Mac OS, Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, or Mac OS X Snow Leopard. What other activity your computer is currently doing, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4).

Conclusion of this Handbrake Tutorial for Mac:

This is basic HandBrake Tutorial for Mac OS X users, for details explanation, you need to cast an eye on HandBrake official site. And as a free transcoding software, you may come across with unexpected issues when using HandBrake on your Mac from time to time. Handbrake has some limitations. For instance, it can load multiple video and copy protected DVD, but it does not support the encrypted Blu-ray disc. It only can be used to transcode a Blu-ray disc that the protection is first removed using a third party application. It does not support batch conversion and shut-down automatically after conversion. And the most severe problem is HandBrake just supports Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.10. The newest Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan system is not supported by HandBrake.

Therefore, it is better to find some HandBrake Mac version Alternative software to fill all the limitations that Handbrake lacks, such as backing up encryption Blu-ray, ripping DVD to iTunes, copying Blu-ray andDVD on Mac OS X El Capitan. Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is the recommended HandBrake Alternative. It is all in one solution for you to convert SD/HD videoS, rip DVD/Blu-ray to various formats on Mac OS X from 10.6 to 10.11 El Capitan. You can use the batch conversion functions to transcoding multiple files at a time. The versatile and distinctive editing functions can help you create elegant videos.

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“I have captured some videos clips about 20 or so with my new Sony PXW-FS5, the recordings are in XAVC format with 4K resolution. I would like to uploading them to Premiere Pro CC on Mac for editing. But the problem is, there is a pop-up window indicate that the video format may not supported right now, I want to find some apps can import the Sony PXW-FS5 4K XAVC/AVCHD to Premiere Pro CC. Can anyone suggest something to help me out?”

As for Sony PXW-FS5, here is a closer look at the frame rates and resolutions:

Recording from above, the video format recorded by Sony PXW-FS5 are not supported by Premiere Pro CC. We should make video formats most suitable for uploading to Premiere Pro CC with best effects. Here I recommend you a professional software to handle this issue–Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, It can easily make the video recording by Sony PXW-FS5 converted to Premiere Pro CC suitable format like the common .mpg-2 format.

The Sony PXW-FS5 camera store recorded H.265 video on external SD card, you can remove the card out of your camera and insert the SD card into an SD card reader and then connect the card reader to your computer. The card reader will appear on your Mac desktop, double click on the card reader icon and a window will open to show all the files stored on the card.

Step 2: Import Sony PXW-FS5 4K XAVC/AVCHD files.

Start and open the program on your Mac computer, from “File” menu drop-down options, select “Add Video/Audio” or “Add from folder” to import your source camera files to the computer.

Step 3: Select Adobe Premiere Pro CC optimized output file format.

Click “Format” drop-down bar, from its extended list, select “Adobe Premiere/Son…” > “MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as the output file format, you can also select to output Adobe Premiere Pro WMV or MOV file format according to your own preference.

Step 4: Convert Sony PXW-FS5 4K XAVC/AVCHD to Premiere Pro CC MPEG-2.

Go back to the main interface, tap the right-bottom “Convert” button to start the Sony PXW-FS5 4K XAVC/AVCHD video to Adobe Premiere Pro conversion process.

When the conversion is completed, import converted media files to Adobe Premiere Pro CC for further professional post-production with no limitation.

Pavtube upgrades with support for Mac OS X El Capitan for all its Mac Blu-ray/DVD/Video products, all media converting, playing and editing issues can be solved on El Capitan with Pavtube Mac Products.

Copy/Backup Blu-ray/DVD on El Capitan Have problem to copy/backup Blu-ray/DVD disc on Mac OS X El Capitan, never mind, with Pavtube newly upgraded Blu-ray/DVD products, you will get no difficulty to make a full disc copy or the main movie copy of the original 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVD disc on Mac OS X El Capitan. Besides that, the program also enables you to rip/convert Blu-ray/DVD disc to various different file formats on El Capitan platform for playing on iPhone/iPad/iPod, Android phone and tablets, Windows phones or tablets, game consoles, HD media players, streaming to Apple TV/Amazon Fire TV/Roku, etc.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Summary: There are some cost effective but simple ways for you to import Sony HXR-NX100 XAVC S footage into Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6, while enjoying the stunning video quality and faster speed.The new Sony HXR-NX100 XAVC S brings high-quality performance, adaptability, and ease of use to a compact, handheld body. The camcorder features a single Exmor R sensor with Full HD 1920x1080 resolution, Sony G lens with 12x optical zoom range, and a 24x Clear Image Zoom. With it, you can capture videos in XAVC S, AVCHD 2.0 or DV Recording Codecs. However, many folks are having problems when importing Sony HXR-NX100 XAVC S footage to Premiere Pro CC or Pro CS6.

To avoid these problems or limit, it will be better to convert Sony HXR-NX100 XAVC S codec to a more "edit" friendly codec for Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5.5/CS5/CS4. Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended here, which can be used as a professional XAVC S Video Converter under Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks(10.9), Yosemite(10.10), El Capitan(10.11). With it, you can effortlessly transcode XAVC to MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6 with faster speed and keep original quality at the mean while. For those who need to work XAVC S files on Windows, please get HD Video Converter.